Following on from the Golden Globes awards ceremony, the BAFTA nominations are upon us—and they bring with them as much intrigue as ever.
Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin is one of the standout names to feature, joining his Sing Sing co-star Colman Domingo on the awards shortlist after he missed out on the Globes’ slate.
The pair have been nominated for Supporting Actor and Leading Actor respectively for the moving film, based on a real New York prison. Maclin is one of many to star who has been incarcerated there. Sing Sing also secured a much-deserved Adapted Screenplay nod.
Films joining Sing Sing on three nominations include Gladiator II and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, whilst Conclave and Emilia Pérez lead the way with 12 and 11 respectively.
Edward Berger and Jacques Audiard, the directors of the two films to reach double figure nominations, along with their stars Ralph Fiennes and Karla Sofía Gascón, have picked up recognition. Isabella Rossellini, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez all feature in the Supporting Actress category too.
With the BAFTAs of course being British, there are plenty of nominees for home talents, making the omission of Daniel Craig all the more surprising. Luca Guadagnino’s two 2024 films, Queer and Challengers, are both absent, even after the James Bond actor’s performance in the former received rave reviews from across the globe.
A Brit nominated ahead of Craig was Hugh Grant, the 64-year-old performing excellently with trademark devilish charm in A24 production Heretic. Saoirse Ronan, meanwhile, received a sixth BAFTA nomination of her career for The Outrun, telling the story of Amy Liptrot’s struggles with addiction in the heartbreaking way that only she knows how.
Dune: Part Two is one film whose love from the audience hasn’t been matched by the various voting bodies, so for it to receive seven BAFTA nominations is a huge plus. Denis Villeneuve has earned his props in the Best Director category, and the production has received a number of technical nods including Cinematography and Sound Design.
Rounding things out with two more unique categories, Outstanding British Film and the EE Rising Star award. There are some obvious nominations for Outstanding British Film, but Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding and Andrea Arnold’s Bird are welcome additions.
There has been some debate about the Rising Star award given the longevity that a couple of the nominees have already displayed in the industry: Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan make up the quintet. This award is voted for by the public.
Abela is perhaps best known for portraying Amy Winehouse in Back to Black, Jerome has followed up marvellous roles in Moonlight and When They See Us with Prime originalUnstoppable, Jonsson delighted many in Rye Lane and Alien: Romulus, Madison is of course the titular Anora and Rizwan leads the way in British drama In Camera.
Interestingly enough, three of the five nominees‚Abela, Jonsson and Rizwan—feature prominently in the highly-rated Industry, a HBO original show that also stars Myha’la and Harry Lawtey.
Full list of nominations:
BEST FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Hoard – Luna Carmoon (director/ writer)
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
Monkey Man – Dev Patel (director)
Santosh – Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar de Ganay (producer)
Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari (director, writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Perez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
DIRECTOR
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Conclave – Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
LEADING ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Selena Gomez – Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
CASTING
Anora – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez
Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap – Carla Stronge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stephanie Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Perez – Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Kneecap
COSTUME DESIGN
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked
MAKE-UP & HAIR
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
SOUND
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Adios
Mog’s Christmas
Wander To Wonder
BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan